Popular local musician Pete Rimmer brings his music night to the new venue of the King Street pub. The next one is on Wednesday, March 12. Sessions will run every fortnight, and local singers and musicians are welcome, with the stage available from around 9pm onwards. Please note the sessions are for acoustic music, and a PA is provided. Admission is free. For more details ring 07973 623210.

THE MUSIC OF WAR AND PEACE

Southport Bach Choir host a war and peace concert. David Williams conducts two contrasting works on Saturday, March 8 - Haydn’s Mass in a Time of War and The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins. There are vocal soloists from the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester. Tickets are £10 (£8 concs) available from Alice Taylor on 01704 229416 or on the door.

ART

THE GALLERY, PORTLAND HALL SPA:

A collaboration of work from photographer Tom Dallimore and painter David Grimbleby is currently being exhibited until April 19. Opening hours are 9am to 6pm Monday to Saturday and 10am to 4pm on Sunday. Admission is free.

DANCE

SATURDAY DANCE:

Verrico School of Dance hosts this enjoyable occasion each Saturday evening at St John Ambulance Hall in Wright Street. The tailor-made floor in the hall will host ballroom, Latin, pop and sequence moves and attendees are welcome to bring along their own refreshments. Dances are from 8pm to 11pm. Admission is £4 per person. Ring Virginia on 01704 563447.

MARSHSIDE SCHOOL OF DANCE:

The school offers the following classes; children’s ballroom and Latin American dancing - Marshside Temperance Hall, Fridays (4pm to 6pm), Saturdays (10am to noon). Hip Hop, Marshside Temperance Hall, Fridays (6pm to 6.30pm), Saturdays (noon to 1pm and 5.30pm to 7pm). St John Ambulance Hall, Thursdays (6pm to 6.45pm). More info from Wendy on 01704 226731.

TEA DANCE:

Bill Bradley and his keyboard provides the music at Lord Street West URC Hall on Monday afternoons, between 2pm and 4pm. Styles include ballroom, Latin, and popular sequence. Admission includes refreshments.

TEA DANCE;

Enjoy an afternoon of ballroom dancing every Thursday at St John Stone church in Ainsdale. Organised by Dave Kershaw the dance runs from 2pm to 4pm each week.

Entrance is £3.50 and includes tea and refreshments. All are welcome.

SALSA DANCING:

Classes are being held at the Latin Lounge on Post Office Avenue every Monday night from 7.30pm. Beginners up to advanced are all catered for. Entrance is £5 per person. For more information ring 01704 536700.

HIP HOP AND STREET DANCE:

Dancer Jonny Sheldon teaches classes on bodypopping, locking and electric boogie every Wednesday at Southport Arts Centre. From 6pm to 7pm for nine to 15-year-olds and 7pm to 8pm for those over 16. Classes cost £5. To take part ring 07916 204477.

EVENTS

SINGLES NIGHTS:

Singletons have the opportunity to find love or simply meet like-minded individuals on the last Friday of each month at The Alternative Singles night, Latin Lounge on Post Office Avenue. From 8pm. Booking is essential. For more information ring 01704 536700.

PASSION 08:

Southport actor David Lonsdale stars in The Passion 08, a free event taking place in Hesketh Park at 5.30pm on Good Friday (March 21). Audience members will be guided around the park as they see the story of the Crucifixion unfold.

FILM

MANHATTAN (15):

1970’s film Manhattan is screened in the theatre at Southport Arts Centre on Tuesday, March 18 at 7.45pm.Story of Isaac, twice-divorced 42-year-old comedy writer, dealing with the women in his life.

KIDS

MUMS AND TOTS:

Held at St Simon and Judes’ Church Hall in Old Park Lane every Tuesday, from 10am to 11.45am. Activities include general play, painting and gluing. Each session is £1 per family, which includes refreshments. Mums, dads, grandparents and carers are all welcome. Please contact Sue Vaughan on 01704-229720 or 507995.

PARENTS AND TOTS’ GROUP:

Parents and grandparents are welcome to attend the group held every Monday Emmanuel Church Centre in Cambridge Road. Sessions are from 1.30pm to 3pm and children from babies to three-years-old are welcome. Admission is £1 per visit. Ring 01704 550798 or 213985 for more information.

CREATIVE PLAY:

A group for parents, babies and young children held every Monday during term time at St James’ Church Hall in Lulworth Road, Birkdale, from 1.15pm to 2.45pm. Activities include arts, crafts, role play, dressing up and quiet play. Organisers request a £1 donation per family in attendance. The group is run by the Southport, Formby and Ormskirk branch of the National Childbirth Trust.

Ring 01704 534614 or email secretary@nct-sfo.org.uk

NIGHTLIFE

JAM NIGHT:

Pete and Dan’s Acoustic Jam Night is to be held from 8pm until late tonight at The Old Ship pub on Eastbank Street.

The night is welcome to all and you can join in with the music by singing and playing instruments or simply sit back and enjoy the evening.

SEVENTIES & EIGHTIES:

Classic dance anthems from the 1970s and ‘80s are played at the Riverside leisure centre, Southport New Road every Friday night, courtesy of DJ Ron Naylor. More recent dance sounds are played on the other Riverside dance floor by DJ Steve Blackburn. Floors open at 9pm and the music plays until 2am. Ring 01704 228886.

THEATRE

MACK AND MABEL:

This Broadway classic is re-enacted by Southport Amateur Operatic Society tonight and tomorrow night (March 1). Performances are at 7.30pm with some matinees. Tickets cost £8 to £10 and are available by ringing the box office on 01704 540011.

THE GONDOLIERS:

Hoghton Players and the Gilbert and Sullivan society stage this performance at Southport Arts Centre from March 5 to 8. Set in Venice the musical is about two gondolier brothers who discover one of them was born a prince and is about to inherit his throne and a new kingdom.

Tickets are £8 (£7 concs) For tickets ring 01704 578232.

SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS:

The Easter panto is performed at Southport Arts Centre from March 19 to 26. Starring James from Eton Road and Alison Crawford from TV’s Grease is The Word. Tickets are £10 adults, £8 children. To book ring 0151 934 2141.

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL:

Southport Operatic New Generation (SONG) made up of youngsters aged nine to 17 perform at the Southport Arts Centre from March 26 to 29. For tickets ring 01772 815508.

THE MEMORY OF WATER:

Three sisters who meet on the eve of their mother’s funeral is the premise behind this tale being performed at Southport Little Theatre by Southport Dramatic Club. Tonight and tomorrow night (March 1) at 7.45pm. Tickets start at £7. To book ring 01704 530521/530460

BLOOD BROTHERS

Southport Dramatic Club Youth Theatre perform in Willy Russell’s Blood Brothers from March 12 to 15 at 7.30pm. Tickets are on sale from March 5 from 01704 530521 / 530460.